Drug seizures at U.S.-Mexico ports up 20 percent

San Diego 
More than 145 tons of narcotics were seized at U.S.-Mexico ports of entry in San Diego and Imperial counties during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, a 20 percent increase from the previous fiscal year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday.

The drugs were confiscated at border checkpoints at San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico and Andrade, said Angelica De Cima, a CBP spokeswoman.